Brazil – Ministry of External Relations
Annexes
ANNEX III. GENERAL INFORMATION ! NATIONAL CURRENCY Real (R$). Convertible to the main international currencies. ! BANKING HOURS Monday to Friday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. ! COMMERCIAL HOURS Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ! NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Holidays New Year´s Day Carnival* Good Friday* Easter* Tiradentes International Workers´ Day Corpus Christi * Brazilian Independency Nossa Senhora Aparecida Day of the Dead Republic´s Announcement Christmas
Day and month January 1st February or March March or April March or April April 21st May 1st May or June September 7th October 12nd November 2nd November 15th December 25th
* Movable Dates.
! TIME ZONE In relation to the Brazilian official hour: Country and capital Argentina – Buenos Aires Bolivia – La Paz Chile – Santiago Colombia – Santa Fe de Bogota Equador – Quito Guyana – Georgetown Paraguay – Asuncion Surinam – Paramaribo Peru – Lima Uruguay – Montevideu Venezuela – Caracas How to export to Brazil
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